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The Hickory Crawdads struggled to score runs over the first two games against the Charleston RiverDogs at Riley Park, but the club had still managed to split the pair of contests. Saturday night saw the 'Dads offensive output dip to zero however, as Hickory was shutout 8-0 in front of 4,772 fans at "The Joe".
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Lenoir-Rhyne (37-15) and Anderson (39-13), both members of the South Atlantic Conference, will square off in the 2013 NCAA Division II Softball Southeast Regional Championship Sunday at Bears Field beginning at Noon. Lenoir-Rhyne, the second seed in the tournament and the 12th-ranked team in NCAA Division II,
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After managing just six hits and no runs in a 4-0 loss in the opening game, Appalachian State University baseball stormed back with six runs on 10 hits in a 6-2 victory over Gonzaga in a the second game of a doubleheader at Patterson Baseball Complex and Washington Trust Field.
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One night after co-ace C.J. Edwards had his best outing of the season, Hickory Crawdads starting pitcher Connor Sadzeck was knocked around early in his worst outing of the year. The Charleston RiverDogs pounced on Sadzeck for six runs in the first inning en route to an 8-1 'Dads loss in front of 5,476 fans at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park.
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The Watuaga High boy's tennis team got some good news on Saturday. The Pioneers, who failed to win their first conference championship in 21 years, had three players named to the All-Northwestern 3A/4A Conference team.

The Hickory High baseball team lived to play another day as the Red Tornadoes wiped out 2-0 and 4-2 deficits and defeated Kings Mountain 5-4 in ten innings in the opening round of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Class 3A State Playoffs.
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Hope Klicker threw 10 shutout innings and Mackenzie Maples hit a two-run homer in the top of the 10th inning as College of Charleston outlasted Appalachian State, 2-0. Klicker allowed four hits, no walks
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The Watauga High boy's tennis team suffered through a disappointing season. The Pioneers (8-6) failed to win the Northwestern 3A/4A Conference championship and they also failed to win ten matches this
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UNCG’s Raeanne Hanks pitched her second shutout of the tournament, holding Appalachian State to two hits and earning the Spartan 3-0 victory to keep UNCG’s tournament record a perfect 2-0. Hanks allowed just two hits and two walks, while striking out six. Heather Robb went 1-for-2 with a run scored, an RBI and a walk to
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The Texas Rangers announced today that Hickory Crawdads RHP C.J. Edwards has been named the organization's April Pitcher of the Month. Edwards, 21, was 1-1 in April, with a 1.93 ERA (five earned runs over 23.1 innings pitched) and 29 strikeouts against 7 walks, while holding opposing South Atlantic League batters to a .176

The Watauga High boy's and girl's track teams will make their way to Asheville for the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Class 4A Western Regional Saturday. A.C. Reynolds will host the event.
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Football coach Shane Laws of A.C. Reynolds High was involved in a traffic pile up on the Charlotte Highway Tuesday night. Laws, according to Athletic Director Larry Brow, is OK. He wasn't seriously injured, but the
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